MPs agree on 5.2% benefits increase
MPs have officially agreed a 5.2% increase in benefits as part of a package of changes to pensions and social security benefits.
View ArticleBritish MEP arrested over expenses 'fraud'
A British MEP has been arrested along with three other people on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud the European Parliament as police investigate allowances and expenses claims.
View ArticleMP held over Commons bar 'assault'
Labour MP Eric Joyce is in police custody after being arrested over an alleged late night assault in a House of Commons bar.
View ArticleMP Arrested Over 'Headbutting' Suspended
MP Eric Joyce has been suspended by the Labour Party after being arrested on suspicion of assault after an alleged fight in a bar in the House of Commons.
View ArticleMP charged with Commons 'assaults'
Labour MP Eric Joyce has been charged with three counts of common assault following a fracas at a House of Commons bar, Scotland Yard said.
View ArticleMP charged with Commons 'assaults'
Labour MP Eric Joyce has been charged with assault following a late-night fracas at a House of Commons bar in which a Tory rival was allegedly head-butted.
View ArticleEric Joyce MP Charged With Common Assault
MP Eric Joyce has been charged with three counts of common assault after an alleged fight in a House of Commons bar.
View ArticleMP accused of attacking rival in parliament
LONDON (Reuters) - A member of parliament (MP) has been charged with assault over claims he attacked legislators from a rival party at a bar in parliament, police said on Friday. Eric Joyce, 51, an MP...
View ArticleLabour MP charged with assault over Commons fracas
A Labour MP has been charged with three counts of assault following a late night fracas in a bar in the House of Commons, police said.
View Article'Virtual prison': Community sentences could be strengthened
No 10 could force justice secretary Ken Clarke to turn community sentences into a 'virtual prison' for offenders, according to reports.
View ArticleLib Dems set for next stage of NHS reform struggle
Further concessions to the government's beleaguered NHS reforms seem likely after Liberal Democrat peers launched a new offensive against the health and social care bill.
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EU 'rules the waves' in fishing power struggle
MPs are calling for a "sea-change" over the European Union's control of British fishing.
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More young refugees in 'dire' poverty
By Oliver HothamAn "alarming" number of young refugees and migrants are living in serious poverty, according to the Children's Society.Its report out today on their experiences of destitution cited...
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Family champion forced to resign
The government adviser hired to get 120,000 'problem families' back to work resigned yesterday amid allegations of fraud at her firm.
View Article"Friends of Syria" to demand immediate access for aid
\ By Lin Noueihed and John Irish TUNIS (Reuters) - Western and Arab nations will demand on Friday that Syria allow aid to be delivered to desperate civilians in the absence of any international resolve...
View ArticleFacing hostility, Putin to win the Kremlin - poll
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin will reclaim the Kremlin's top job by winning two thirds of the vote in a March presidential election, but Russia's alpha-dog leader may face growing resentment...
View ArticleGood demand at Italy bond auction, yields fall
MILAN (Reuters) - Vulnerable debtor Italy sold the top planned amount of bonds at a 4.5 billion euro (3.8 billion pound) auction on Friday and the yield on a two-year zero coupon bond fell to its...
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Interference in RBS will erode value, government told
LONDON (Reuters) - The government needs to decide if it should interfere in the running of Royal Bank of Scotland and accept that, if it does, taxpayers will not get back as much of their value in the...
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Millionaire Boss Of Welfare-To-Work Firm Quits
David Cameron's "family champion" has quit as chairman of her welfare-to-work company A4e.
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Mugabe tells Cameron 'to hell with you' on gay rights
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe on Saturday told British Prime Minister David Cameron "to hell with you" over his calls to respect gay rights.
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